Thomas Dillard
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| Thomas Dillard | |
|---|---|
| First baseman | |
| Born: August 28, 1997 Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right |
Thomas Dillard (born August 28, 1997) is an American former professional baseball first baseman.
Dillard began his high school career at Briarcrest Christian School in Eads, Tennessee, before transferring to Oxford High School in Oxford, Mississippi as a senior, where he was teammates with Grae Kessinger.[1] In the summer of 2015, he played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field.[2] He earned All-USA honors as a senior after batting .438 with 16 home runs.[3][4] He committed to play college baseball at the University of Mississippi for the Ole Miss Rebels.[5][6] Unselected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Ole Miss.[7]
In 2017, as a freshman at Ole Miss, Dillard appeared in 48 games (making 45 starts) in which he hit .206 with four home runs, eight doubles, and 12 RBIs.[8] As a sophomore, he started 65 games in left field without making an error and batted .310 and led the Rebels with 13 home runs, 59 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases.[9] In 2017 and 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[10][11] In 2019, his junior year, he returned to catching, started 68 games, and hit .310 with 14 home runs, 61 RBIs, and set an Ole Miss single-season record with 61 walks.[12] Following the season's end, he was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fifth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[13] He signed for $397,500.[14]